On Tue, 17 Oct 2023 20:21:30 GMT, Martin Fox <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> After finding the Window virtual key code for a character getKeyCodeForChar 
> was using a mapping table that only works correctly for U.S. English to 
> retrieve the Java key code. This caused getKeyCodeForChar to encode keys 
> differently than the original key event handling machinery.
> 
> With this fix the Robot, getKeyCodeForChar, and the code that handles 
> platform key events all agree on how Windows VK codes should map to Java 
> codes.
> 
> The manual KeyboardTest app can be used to test this (tests/manual/events). 
> Run the tests by selecting "without keypad combinations" in the second 
> dropdown. This will use a Robot to test KeyCharacterCombinations excluding 
> the numeric keypad (which is a separate issue).

Still looking for another reviewer. This was entered due to a bug in a desktop 
app, see defold/defold#5102 or defold/defold#5589. Both were closed as dupes of 
other bugs because the app developers had no way of knowing that 
KeyCharacterCombinations require per-platform fixes in Glass.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1264#issuecomment-1802300519

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